Fly trap



Nov. 22, 1938. J. M. NOVAK 2,137,582

- FLY TRAP Filed April 21, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Attorneys Nov. 22, 1938. J. M. NOVAK FLY TRAP Filed April 21, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheec 2 Inventor JosepkZV/Vorafi? iiorneys Patented Nov. 22, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to traps of the type generally employed for catching flies and similar insects.

An object of the present invention is to provide a trap of the character above mentioned which while cheaply and economically constructed will fulfill, in a positive and efiicient manner, the functions of a trap of this character.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:-

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the trap,

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a bottom plan View of the trap,

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the trap on a reduced scale,

Figure 5 is an elevational View of a bait pan, and

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that the trap comprises a cylinder 5 that embodies a peripheral wall 6 of screen or other suitable reticulated material, a bottom member 1, and a top member 8.

Members 1 and 8 may be formed from single blanks of wood cut in circular form and the bottom member 1 is provided with a relatively large opening 8 that serves as an entrance opening for the trap. The wall of the opening 8 is inclined as shown so that the opening 8 conformably accommodates therein the largest end of a cone 9 of wire or other reticulated material that extends inwardly of the cylinder or casing 6 from the bottom I thereof. Cone 9 is open at its upper and lower ends as shown.

The peripheral wall 6 is secured to the top and bottom members 8 and l in any suitable manner and the top and bottom members I and 8 are secured in spaced relation relative to one another through the medium of vertical strips H that are circumferentially spaced and serve to reinforce the wall 6 of the trap. The strips- II have the upper and lower ends thereof fitting in notches provided therefor in the top and bottom members 8 and l of the trap.

The top member 8 of the trap is also provided with an opening l2 which serves as a clean-out opening for the trap, and for the opening [2 there is provided a cover plate l3.

The cover plate I3 is pivoted as at I4 to the top 8 and for releasably retaining the cover member l3 in closed position with respect to the opening l2 there is provided on the top 8 a headed stud l5 which accommodates between the head thereof and the top 8 an edge portion of the cover plate ures 4 and 6.

Also for the trap there is provided a bail l6 which at its opposite end is secured to the top 8 of the trap through the medium of eye bolts or the like ll. Bail l6 serves admirably for carrying the trap and also as a means for suspending the trap from a ceiling or other suitable support.

Disposed across the I3 in a manner shown in Figopening ID in the bottom of the trap is a pair of spaced parallel channel strips I8 which at their ends are secured to the underside of the bottom 1 by nails or other fastening elements 9. The lower flanges of the channel members H3 at the respective opposite ends of the respective channel members are cut on a bias as at 20 to facilitate engaging the rim 2! of a pan 20 therewith, and also to facilitate removal of the pan 20.

Pan 2!! on the bottom thereof is provided with a handle 22 to facilitate manipulation of the pan incidental to the positioning of the pan in engagement with the strips 18 in alignment with the cone 9, and the disengagement of the pan and removal thereof. 7

The pan 20 is adapted to accommodate suitable bait that will afford an attraction for the flies and insects.

Obviously the flies or insects, in actual practice, will enter the trap through the bottom end of the cone 9, and the flies ultimately passing from the cone 9 into the cylinder or casing 5 of the trap will become entrapped therein.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, utility and operation of a trap of this character will be had without a more detailed description.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A fiy-trap comprising a substantially cylindrical casing having a reticulated peripheral wall and also having a bottom wall provided with an enlarged opening, a reticulated conical member open at its respective opposite ends and hav- JOSEPH M. NOVAK. 

